A rare daylight move on the FCRD on the former Seaboard Air Line main that ran from Jacksonville, FL to Savannah, GA. Sadly the line ends now just a few short miles north of Kingsland. Here we see... (more)
A rare daylight move on the FCRD at Kingsland, GA. Now most of the traffic is storage cars for both FCRD and St Marys. This line is the former Seaboard Air Line main that ran from Jacksonville, F... (more)
Sadly, after a man was struck and killed just down the line from this location, all trains came to a halt. For about an hour, everything was held while emergency crews were on scene. Once the ar... (more)
Pearl Harbor Day finds this rather generic switcher as the only unit under power at this interesting little operation.
exxADN, exCIRR geep heads out of the Rayonier paper mill after shuffling around a few cars. The 1810 was recently repainted from its ADN green and white to the G&W corporate colors.
FCRD 1810 makes a light move toward the port to rearrange some boxcars.
On Sunday, August 11, a FCRD loaded coal train coming from the CSX interchange derailed just before the Bonneview Ave. railroad crossing. A total of six hoppers derailed, one of which turned over ... (more)
Just another day at Fernandi... wait, no it's not! I din't expect to see much of trains today, not much being getting a few shots of the St. Mary's Railroad and maybe an Amtrak. Since there was no... (more)
After a day of hard work this pair of GP10's will take a break for the weekend and enjoy the cool breeze of Amelia Island Harbor.
Former South Buffalo Railway SW1200 lugs cars along the waterfront passing the historic downtown district.
FCR 501 enjoys a rest (and the rays) in sunny historic Fernandina Beach in front of the massive Rayonier plant that employs 350 people.
On a visit to Fernandina Beach I found this ex York Rail GP16 tied down at First Coast RR's yard at the Rayonier Papermill.
ex CIRR, exx-ADN
First Coast ex. AD&N exx. IC Paduca rebuilt GP-10 and and ex Yorkrail GP16 1602 rest after pulling a 32 car train off the dock area in Fernandina Beach on Amelia Island Fla.
exSouth Buffalo Railway unit, track in lower right foreground is the lead to the massive Rayoneir paper mill.
